The Real Report - Tracy Morgan breaks down near-death crash, 30 Rock & SNL success, Brooklyn roots & being cousins with Nas

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Joe and Jada — The Real Report

Episode: Tracy Morgan breaks down near-death crash, 30 Rock & SNL success, Brooklyn roots & being cousins with Nas
Date: February 23, 2026
Hosts: Fat Joe & Jadakiss (episode hosted by friends Uncle Murder and Yayo)
Guest: Tracy Morgan
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

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Overview

In this vibrant and candid episode, Tracy Morgan sits down with Uncle Murder and Yayo for an unfiltered conversation spanning his near-fatal 2014 car accident, recovery, career in comedy and television, Brooklyn roots, family, and cultural topics. Tracy’s signature humor and deep wisdom are on full display, sharing stories from his early days hustling in NYC, life-changing moments on the road to stardom, and advice on resiliency, growth, and family. Surprise gems, Brooklyn war stories, and discussions on legacy and purpose thread through the whole conversation—capped off by the reveal that Tracy and Nas are cousins.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Tracy’s Near-Death Crash and Recovery

Timestamps: 02:44–08:21

• Learning to live again: Tracy recounts the 2014 crash with a Walmart truck and how it forced him to relearn basic skills (talk, eat, walk) due to traumatic brain injury.
  • "My brain had to reboot. I didn't really start remembering until about six months later." (06:10, Tracy)
• Family as motivation to survive: His drive to see his daughter Maven grow up kept him fighting to wake up from his coma.
  • "My daughter was only 11 months old when I got hit. So I fought to come out that coma because I want to see her grow." (07:58, Tracy)
• Healing and forgiveness: Tracy forgave the truck driver, emphasizing the importance of moving past anger.
  • "Last year People magazine called me for a quote, and in that quote, I forgave the driver because it was an accident. It was just poor judgment." (05:23, Tracy)

2. Reflections on Hollywood and Giving Back

Timestamps: 08:55–10:12

• Hollywood experience: Tracy admits he “hated” living in Hollywood for years, rooting himself instead in Brooklyn values.
• Community and charity: He regularly gives back to his old projects and the hood by giving out food, echoed with spiritual parallels—“you give a man a fish, he eat for a day. If you teach him how to fish, he gonna eat forever.” (09:35, Tracy)
• On staying true:
  "When you go back to the hood... you gotta be careful. I don’t go empty handed." (09:17, Tracy)

3. Brooklyn Roots and Hustling

Timestamps: 10:12–20:25, 35:35–37:44

• Best Style & Early Life: Grew up in Bed-Stuy ("Best style, do or die") and later moved around Brooklyn and the Bronx.
• Hustler’s mentality: Early jobs included bag-packing, paper routes, scalping tickets at Yankee and Shea Stadiums—"If you wanted it, I got it. If I ain't got it, I'm gonna get it." (18:33, Tracy)
• Family: Tracy grew up with both sets of grandparents in the same building, emphasizing a large, loving foundation.
• Dealing with trauma: Tracy dropped out of high school to care for his father, who died from AIDS, and still carries lessons from that era—"My life was Claudine." (19:36, Tracy)

4. Comedy as Salvation & Career Growth

Timestamps: 14:03–30:00, 47:59–65:06

• Comedy origins: He entered comedy after a friend was murdered; Martin Lawrence personally helped launch his career by flying him out for Def Comedy Jam.
  • "Four months later, I was on Def Jam. And that's where I met Martin. And Martin took me and put me on the show." (14:23, Tracy)
• Imposter syndrome: Despite success, Tracy still struggles with self-doubt, which he says propels him forward.
  • "I suffer from imposter syndrome. That's why I think everybody better than me." (15:09, Tracy)
• Advice on the craft:
  • "Everybody go to acting school is not an actor, bro." (12:01, Tracy)
  • "Comedy is the only thing you cannot cheat...I need a live audience." (40:51, Tracy)
  • On writing jokes: "Comedy is basic. Premise, set up, punchline. That's all you got to remember." (58:33, Tracy)
• Working for love, not money:
  • "I do it. Cause I love it. And if I ain't have comedy, I'd probably die." (64:55, Tracy)
• Passing the torch: Tracy encourages Uncle Murder and Yayo to try acting or stand-up, promising to coach and support them if needed.

5. TV & Film Success: SNL, 30 Rock, and More

Timestamps: 22:32–33:43, 38:11–39:12

• Court-side fame: Tracy shares how SNL opened doors, leading to his current “court-side Tracy” status at Knicks games and close friendship with team owner James Dolan.
• 30 Rock legacy:
  • "We have the record for Emmy nominations—29. Tina Fey is my sister." (32:50, Tracy)
  • Discusses working with Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Daniel Radcliffe, and the pride of running two major TV shows at once.
  • "I'm in red air. I will not take that for granted. I will work very hard..." (33:13, Tracy)
• The importance of family on-set:
  • "This is not a team, because teams lose. We have to be a family." (33:43, Tracy)
• Stories behind his other shows: Touches on “The Tracy Morgan Show,” “The Last OG” and starring/producing with Jordan Peele and working with DMX (RIP).

6. Life & Survival Wisdom

Timestamps: 25:31–46:07

• On overthinking and keeping life simple:
  • "Stay out of your own head. The mind is a dangerous place to be without a flashlight and a gun." (26:09, Tracy)
• Forgiveness, humility, and perspective:
  • "God told me? None of your business." (26:42, Tracy)
  • "Don't be telling nobody what God told you...that's between you and your God." (26:55, Tracy)
• Purpose and time:
  • "Time is the most powerful thing in the universe... When you expire and go to his kingdom, he gonna ask us, what the fuck did you do with the time I gave you on Earth?" (45:40–45:55, Tracy)

7. Brooklyn and Hip-Hop Debates

Timestamps: 16:00–20:25, 52:22–54:21

• Friendly sparring between the different NYC boroughs (Brooklyn vs. Queens), hustling, and surviving the “jungle.”
• On the decline of community spaces and musical soul:
  • "They replaced soul with technology... people don't go to clubs and dance no more." (31:25, Tracy)

8. Family, Friends & Loyalty

Timestamps: 34:05–35:07, 54:25–55:11

• Tracy’s definition of family vs. friends—family are those who stay loyal despite life’s challenges.
  • "I don't believe in friends. Friends turn to enemies over bullshit... If you're around me, you my family." (34:20, Tracy)
• REVEAL: Tracy and Nas are cousins!
  • "Nas and Tracy Morgan is cousin." (55:04, Yayo)
  • "I don't call him Nas, I call him Esco. I love Nas. We love each other." (55:08, Tracy)

9. Comedy and Legacy: Stories on Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Eddie Murphy

Timestamps: 39:12–41:24, 62:13–64:45

• Tributes and debates about Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor’s best work and influence.
• Behind-the-scenes tales, including how Martin Lawrence only supports “the best.”
• "If I wasn't funny, Martin wouldn't have fucked with me." (40:07, Tracy)
• Reflection on legacy:
  • "I ain't doing comedy for the money, man. I do this because I love to do it. If I ain't have comedy, I'd probably die." (64:36–64:59, Tracy)

10. Candid Brooklyn Stories & Mistakes of Youth

Timestamps: 21:04–21:36, 52:54–54:21, 59:04–62:13

• Outrageous story: Tracy once exacted revenge by “pooping” in a public pool to get even for stolen sneakers—a raw, funny, and typically Tracy anecdote.
• Recounts running away and sleeping on the NYC A train at 13, learning street smarts, toughness, and the true cost of “acting tough.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On survival and resiliency:
  • "When you get hit like that, the brain automatically goes into protection mode. So that's where the coma came from." (06:50, Tracy)
  • "It take balls to go for your dreams... The word 'if'—what if it don't work? Well, do something else." (53:57, Tracy)
• On comedy and legacy:
  • "Comedy is the only thing you cannot cheat. If Eddie Murphy was to come back, he would have to start at the clubs just to get his act together." (40:51, Tracy)
  • "If a little kid can't upstage me, I don't want him on my show. I only fuck with the best." (40:45, Tracy)
• On forgiveness and God:
  • "So I got closer to God than anybody in this room. You know what he told me? None of your business." (02:47, 26:37, Tracy)
• On time and legacy:
  • "When you expire and we go to his kingdom, [God's] gonna ask us, what the fuck did you do with the time I gave you on Earth? Did you help or did you hurt?" (45:55, Tracy)
• On family loyalty:
  • "If you're around me, you're my family. I don't believe in friends. They turn enemies over nothing." (34:20, Tracy)
• On purpose:
  • "If I ain't have comedy, I'd probably die." (64:55, Tracy)

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• Tracy details his accident & recovery: 02:44–08:21
• Brooklyn roots, hustle stories: 10:06–20:13
• **Comedy breakthrough & Def Jam: 14:03–14:54
• On imposter syndrome and growth: 15:07–15:40
• 30 Rock success, SNL, and family in showbiz: 22:32–33:43
• On Nas as his cousin: 55:04–55:11
• Raw Brooklyn tales (public pool incident): 21:04–21:36
• Advice about time and choices: 45:40–46:07
• Closing wisdom and gratitude: 50:53–51:32

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Tone, Style, and Final Reflection

Tracy Morgan’s voice oscillates between wise mentor, streetwise Brooklyn storyteller, and boisterous comic. The conversation blends humor, authenticity, and reflection, showcasing the friendship, love of community, and real-life lessons that shaped him. The hosts riff with Tracy about music, legacy, and success, amplifying the podcast’s homegrown, unfiltered, and joyous tone.

“Think about your life. Take stock. Think about your life. I love doing this... we had this whole room laughing.” (65:06, Tracy)

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This summary covers all the meaningful content and spirit of an episode that’s part masterclass, part barbershop, and all heart. The gems dropped and stories shared go well beyond comedy and fame, offering something lasting for anyone listening or reading.

Transcript

[Host/Interviewer]

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[Tracy Morgan]

Right.

[Jennifer]

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[Host/Interviewer]

Except Discover in a little place like this? I don't think so, Jennifer.

[Jennifer]

Oh, yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

Huh?

[Jennifer]

Discover's accepted where I like to shop.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Come on, baby.

[Jennifer]

Get with the times.

[Host/Interviewer]

Right. So we shouldn't get the parachute pants.

[Jennifer]

These are making a comeback, I think. Discover is accepted at 99% of places

[Tracy Morgan]

that take credit cards nationwide, based on

[Jennifer]

the February 2025 Nielsen report.

[Host/Interviewer]

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[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause you had to learn how to talk eat everything again.

[Tracy Morgan]

So I got closer to God than anybody in this room. You know what he told me? None of your business.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That was a good one. He didn't get stabbed.

[Tracy Morgan]

Shut the up, okay, Brillis.

[Host/Interviewer]

There's a point.

[Tracy Morgan]

Oh,

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo. We don't even need these cue cards today. You know why? Because we got Tracy Morgan in the building. Make some noise for Tracy Morgan.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm gonna hold my cue cards. Let's go. We got Tracy Morgan in here.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo, yo, listen, I was late. Cause when you early, you're on time. When you're on time, you're late. Uncle Murder. I was.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

This nigga definitely was fucking late.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I told him he could wasted me

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

and Tracy time up this motherfucker.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

This is what I said.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You're wasting our time.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I said. Yo, you from Brooklyn, right? Tracy Morgan from Brooklyn.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Nobody want to hear that shit. You're late, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Without me, you calling me and Travis, you're late. Me and Hollywood trying to fucking get here. You a Hall of Famer. I can't have you waiting, bro. Yes, you a Hall of Famer, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Make some noise, man. Can't have a Hall of Famer. But I told this.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But you was late. You told me you late. But you same talk.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But you late. Start the interview. I told him, Tracy. Yo, yo. Start the interview. Because this, you know, this Walmart money. My. This nigga's. This might leave. I'm trying to see if it wasn't raining.

[Tracy Morgan]

What call you would have drove to you my man. Yo, I ain't going. You got here right on time. I'm fine. I'm not late. You not late.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We haven't that nigga late, Tracy. But it's all good. That late?

[Tracy Morgan]

Nah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause honestly, yo, every time I see a Walmart truck, I think about every car you got. Every time you pull up to the Garden, what's your favorite car?

[Tracy Morgan]

But my baby is my LaFerrari. My baby's my la Ferrari. That's one. That's $5 million. It's all black, jet black. And I only drive it like once a summer just to keep it charged up and all that because you don't want to lose a Ferrari engine.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So that's your. That's your favorite car. Is that blue? Is that the blue one or is it red?

[Tracy Morgan]

No, it's all black. It was all black. And I don't take it out. Oh, no, no. I just got that one two weeks ago. That is the SF90. I have it in yellow and I have it in blue. SF90. That's the second fastest Ferrari ever made. And I just get money. Well, no. Well, I had money before Walmart and all of that, but we just know

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

that Walmart check was kind of.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I wouldn't wish that on no one. I didn't actually get hit by the Walmart.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

No, no, no. That's.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's crazy. And you know, last year People magazine called me for a quote, and in that quote, I forgave the driver because it was an accident.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Okay.

[Tracy Morgan]

It was just poor judgment.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely nobody.

[Tracy Morgan]

He didn't pull over and go to sleep like most truckers do. He kept going. So he was up for 28 hours.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, that's right. It's every 10. I believe it's every 10 hours.

[Tracy Morgan]

You gotta go to sleep, my brother, he didn't do that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, you gotta. You gotta go to sleep.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

For 10 hours.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cause those are big machines, man. Big machines. Especially when the truck was doing 75 miles per hour when it hit us.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow.

[Tracy Morgan]

So that was pretty fast. A big machine that big can only be stopped with gravity. But it was no gravity.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So let me ask you a question. When you was in the hospital and you woke up and you was alive because like you said, you had money before this.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, when I was. Well, when I woke up, I had traumatic brain injury, so my brain had to reboot. I didn't really start remembering until about six months later.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow. Damn.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, I had to learn how to eat again, walk again, and all those things.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

My female. My female was in, like, how make you change and make you appreciate life more. It makes you appreciate life more. And I had so much goodwill for me that it was overwhelming at first, and I was really scared. And so me and my lady was just driving on the highway the other day, the other night, and she seemed really, for the first time, me freak out a little bit.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cause I got hit at night, right. So it hit us from the back. We didn't see it. Coming. And when you get hit like that, the brain automatically goes into protection mode. So that's where the coma came from. Damn. For 10 days. Damn.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's crazy. God bless you.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You here, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, I love you, T. You know I love you, Murt. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, you know what it is. So I'm just glad to be here talking to you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Nah, definitely, man.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Of course we glad to have you here, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

And I enjoy your music, man. I think it's fly.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Listen, like I said, you a Hall of Famer. Fuck. Uncle Murder. Like, he calling me in traffic, right?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You're late. He's still thinking about being late.

[Tracy Morgan]

Look, I'm just glad that Yayo got here.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, you can be late.

[Tracy Morgan]

And you didn't get stressed out because.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

No.

[Tracy Morgan]

When you stress, you drive recklessly. That's the difference between reckless and bravery. There's a big difference between reckless and bravery. See, reckless don't recognize the danger.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Right? Not. Cause this is.

[Tracy Morgan]

Bravery recognizes danger, but they do it anyway, you hear? Safe and sound.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's all I care about now. I'm happy, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's all I care about.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Because like I said, you got family too, bruh. Definitely. Definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

And if something happened to you, man, how you think they're gonna take that? I know what it did to my family. My daughter was only 11 months old when I got hit. So I fought to come out that coma because I want to see her grow. She's 11 years old now. I love you, Maven. And I'm here with my lady, Melissa.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We all love you, My lady, Melissa.

[Tracy Morgan]

She holds me down. She holds me down. Good girl.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

Definitely. Good girl.

[Sponsor Voice (Coldwater Creek/Bethany Frankel)]

I.

[Tracy Morgan]

What I love about her most is that she read books. She reads, right? You know? Cause a lot of women out here now be plotting on guys like me and you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

They going with the lawyers. No, no, no. The lawyers, they know that if you got something to lose, you're gonna settle out. Cause you don't wanna get canceled.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

And it ain't really about being a player. It's really more about business.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, you know that I don't like. I got mine. I ain't laying the glove on nobody. I got mine.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Shout to her, pretty thing.

[Tracy Morgan]

I want to love you.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know what I want to ask you, Trey? Is Hollywood still fun for you, man?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Is this.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm a Brooklyn dude.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm a Brooklyn dude. I lived out there on 3rd street, across you from the palazzo for like, seven years. And I hated it.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Hollywood used to chill with killer Ben and all them.

[Tracy Morgan]

But I went in a different.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He made it.

[Tracy Morgan]

He made it.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Come on.

[Tracy Morgan]

I went a different lane. I went a different lane. So. So, you know, when you go back to the hood, man, you gotta be careful. When I go back to the hood, my old projects, I don't go empty handed. I give out food seven times a year. So I'm coming in with police protection and I'm giving out food.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, I think I did see you in a Ferrari online in Brooklyn.

[Tracy Morgan]

Gotta give out food, man. I'm giving our food. These people need us, man. Covert did a number all of us, man. So I ain't coming empty handed. Bronx, all of that, man. Next time, how y' all gonna help me? We giving our food. Keeping cameras on us. Yeah, let's give out some food, man. Make you feel good. Cause I asked my team, whenever we do it, I said, y' all feel good? They say, yeah. I said, Jesus Christ said that every day, right? He did that every day. You give a man a fish, he eat for a day. If you teach him how to fish, he gonna eat forever.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yep, better believe so.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's what it's about. My father taught me how to fish definitely when I was young.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Tell her what part of Brooklyn you really are from.

[Tracy Morgan]

Best style, do or die. Take the girl, kill the guy.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Hey, Shelter style.

[Tracy Morgan]

You gotta understand. K son in my building.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Brooklyn in the building.

[Tracy Morgan]

East New York majesty and all of them majesty. I've seen Killer Ben. I seen Tut. I seen when I was little. Yo, what up, little Trey. What up, little Jim. I seen all that big shots glad

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

when he since he been home.

[Tracy Morgan]

Nah, nah, nah, nah. I be working, man. I got two TV shows. I got to work.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Definitely, definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. I'm in a different lane right now.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You got TV to do. Getting up with.

[Tracy Morgan]

No, I'm just saying, y' all ready to act out. Who you think going to coach you?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's right. That's right.

[Tracy Morgan]

Get on them shows and you got to know because I'm going to have you playing against character. I'm definitely.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Come on.

[Tracy Morgan]

See if you could cry on screen.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know you my mentor, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm going to make you cry on

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

screen, on camera, on the way here, being late, you know, I thought I let the team.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yo, yo, yo. You got your heart broke before.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Of course.

[Tracy Morgan]

All right, then dig down and get that. That's how you cry on screen. Get. Dig down and your heart breaks and your hurts go to that. You got it in your back pocket. Break down. Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause motherfuckers think acting is easy. No, I just can't cry on Q. I know murder can't cry on.

[Tracy Morgan]

You got take your time to do.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You can't cry on Q.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

How you know what I could do?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cry right now.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

How you know what I could do?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cry right now.

[Tracy Morgan]

Hold up.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Watch this, nigga.

[Tracy Morgan]

Why?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'mma show you right now.

[Host/Interviewer]

Cry right now.

[Tracy Morgan]

Watch this.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'mma show you, nigga. Watch this.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Give me two minutes.

[Tracy Morgan]

You ain't going to break.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Two minutes, Tracy.

[Tracy Morgan]

Watch this.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We can't wait on set two minutes.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Get the fuck out of here.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You fired right then and there. People think acting is easy.

[Tracy Morgan]

No. You know what you do is you take time. Like he said, two minutes. Take time and just go back into the. Go back into your mind and think about. Think about something and then break down. You gonna break down.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's easy for people to say, but everybody go to acting school is not an actor, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, well, you go to acting school. You ever seen that teacher on any films? No. So how you know teacher?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know what I want to know?

[Tracy Morgan]

As a side note, I don't believe in that. If Mary J. Blige would have took us in, she wouldn't sound that good.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Are we still claiming Chris rapping? Cause he from Brooklyn. We still claim him after getting smacked by Will.

[Tracy Morgan]

Chris Rock is my og, all right?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm just making sure.

[Tracy Morgan]

He's my og. He's my og. Why you hating on Chris, Rob?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm not saying he got smacked. I asked him.

[Tracy Morgan]

We smacked. No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's what I asked.

[Tracy Morgan]

That was something that him and Will worked out. I don't know.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

They worked it out.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't know if they worked it out, but that's between them.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Well, his brother ain't with it.

[Tracy Morgan]

I love both of them.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

His brother. Listen, his brother ain't with it still till this day.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, you know what I like to say about that situation is behind us. Definitely it's behind us. That wasn't good.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know, Murder got beef with everybody from the Wrap up. So when we around, Jermaine Dupree ran down on him. I gotta hold him down. This. I gotta hold him down. He got the gangsters with him now, but when we on tour, he ain't. I'm holding it down.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yo. I can only imagine being on tour with y', all, too. It's great.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, yeah. We always have a good time.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know, the thing about Yayo, you got this. You got. You got a sense of humor.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Thank you, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

And that's what makes your music people love you. I was just playing your joint of car the other day.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

I had the drop top down Ferrari, and I was rocking it.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I always felt like we, you know, where we from, where we all from. We living our dreams. Like, ever since Murder got down, he's seeing, like, we in the best hotels from the hood.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, we come from the jungle.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yes.

[Tracy Morgan]

You heard the jungle drums. You heard the jungle drums. We from the jungle. And to make it where we are now being. And look, I'm being interviewed by y'. All. Everybody don't get to do that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Better believe it. Everybody can't do this.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yo, don't interview everybody. You gotta be exclusive.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's right, man. This is Tracy Morgan.

[Tracy Morgan]

Gotta be exclusive.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo, to me, it's like when you start a comedy. That's like when Def Jam comedy every. Like, it was just when comedy was raw.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, my man got murdered. My man got murdered. My crack partner, we sold a lot of drugs.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Rest in peace to your homie.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, Allen, he got murdered. Four months later, I was on Def Jam.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Damn.

[Tracy Morgan]

Four months later, I was on Def Jam. And that's where I met Martin. And Martin took me and put me on the show and my career from there. Yeah, man. Martin Lawrence.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Shout out to OG I love you, Martin.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Love you more. And we love you.

[Tracy Morgan]

I took my kids down to the bus, and when I came up, my wife that passed away said, martin Lawrence just called. I said, yeah, right. Martin ain't called me. She said, he said he gonna call back in 10 minutes. Ten minutes later, Martin called me back and said, I'm flying you out tonight. And that's what started.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Damn, man. Martin Lawrence and Def Jam Comedy. That was like, come on, man. That was. That was dope.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, DJing was dope. That was dope. And I look back on my life, man. I look back on my life. I look back on our life, man.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What if you once said comedy saved your life?

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, comedy was my. Well, you gotta understand, when I first met my first wife, she's the one that encouraged me. Cause I suffer from imposter syndrome. That's why I think everybody better than me, Dave. I think everybody better than me. And I was talking to Jon Stewart the other day, and he said, that's bullshit, because you a funny motherfucker.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, yeah, Ye.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's all in your head. And I think it's not that it's bad. Is that. That's what motivates me. That's what makes me get better? That's what. Me. You get better. And you. The imposter syndrome.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, because I feel like I'm better.

[Tracy Morgan]

Nicer than black thought.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I feel like. I feel like I'm better than murder.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's only a feeling. It's not the truth.

[Tracy Morgan]

Basketball. It's only a feeling. It's not the truth.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He's trying to inspire himself.

[Tracy Morgan]

He's trying to.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He's trying to make himself feel like.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

If Yale's late, murder. Start the show. You from Brooklyn, right? You tough, right? You tough, right?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Listen, bro, there's no excuse for being late, man. You keep kind of. You're late, brother.

[Tracy Morgan]

When you hear the word Brooklyn, people get scared. They definitely. You gotta be tough to be from there, man.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Thank you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I don't get scared.

[Tracy Morgan]

Brooklyn was crazy. Now, Queens was no joke.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Queens get the money. Shout out to you.

[Tracy Morgan]

Queens was no joke, like you said.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He starts smiling, you say, I always looked at Queens. You see how nigga start smiling when you say Queens.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

This is how I looked at Queens. No joke. This is how I looked at Queens.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Queens, Queens get the money.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Back in the days, we had Brooklyn

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

get the money, too, and we was just ballad.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, Brooklyn is more of a reputation.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, we just balance out the murder.

[Tracy Morgan]

Queens.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Queens was robbing niggas back in the day.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, Queens was quiet.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I mean, Brooklyn. Brooklyn was more robbed. Y' all was lying.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Queens, niggas get the money. That's what it was all more about. It was Queens.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Brooklyn get the money, too.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely. But y' all was more robbing back in the day.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I could see that.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, Queens is more ruthless.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, I know, but.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, let me tell you, this wasn't the cop. It wasn't the cop.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He was in Queens, you know, in Queens, putting in work.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Okay, let's look, look, let's say this, though, and I don't want to glorify it, but the reason why Undercover police is in New York City is because of Queens. Of course.

[Tracy Morgan]

We know that. Wait a minute, wait a minute. No.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause Edward Burns. What are you talking about?

[Tracy Morgan]

No, no. You ain't talking about that for him. Trey Burns. Edward Burns did not stop the game. That wasn't what. You know what stopped the game?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What?

[Tracy Morgan]

Limbias. First time doing crack, got drafted by the boards of Celtics died. That's what stopped the game.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I didn't know that shit.

[Tracy Morgan]

What Limbias. Yeah, that's what stopped the game. Wasn't Edward Burns. Edward Burns put a dent in it. But Edward, when Luton limbias, because he was High profile. He was just a cop. He was a pro basketball player. Tried crack one time, and we survived. The most ruthless decade ever. The 80s. I was a teenager in the 80s. I was the 80s. We had to see people. Think Covid was bad? Nah. In the 80s, we had to do with crack and AIDS. My father died of AIDS. Okay? My dad went to Vietnam and came back and had aids. He was drafted. That's how I got my name. Tracy Morgan. He was drafted at 17 years old. When he got drafted, he met a young Irish boy named Tracy. And two days after they got to Vietnam, that young Irish boy stepped on the mine and was blown to pieces. And my father gave me his name. And I honor it. I carry it well.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, that's my dad. My dad was no joke. I played football with Larry Davidson. I'm in the Bronx. I knew Larry. I lived on 165. I lived right on Cardi B's block. She wasn't even born yet when I was there. Nelson Avenue in the Bronx. Larry lived right around the corner of Ogden. It's crazy. So I grew up around there selling tickets at the old Yankee Stadium. I sold souvenirs. I scalp tickets and I sold. Them Boston fans love that booger sugar. Them Boston fans love that booger sugar. And that's how I grew up hustling. I'm a hustler by nature. Yankees 85 at the Met at Shea Stadium in Queens. I scalped that game. Me and my man Faz Sylvester was catching buses. I grew up, and that was my thing you wanted. I got it. If I ain't got it, I'm gonna get it. So get it while the getting's good. Get it. I took that, what I learned at Yankee Stadium, and put that in my show business. If you listen to hustle man, I say that, you wonder if I got it and got it, I'm getting. That's where I got it from.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Crazy.

[Tracy Morgan]

Growing up, packing bags. I had a paper route, all of that. Same thing Rich Porter did. Paper routes, packing bags, getting money. My mom wasn't giving me nothing. I know about food stamps and welfare. I know my mom. My life was Claudine. My lady's younger than me, so all she gonna do is learn. With me. I got her age. She'll run circles around too advanced, too far advanced. But with me, you gonna learn. You gonna grow, right? That's why she with me, right? You gonna grow. That's what it is. That's a problem with people. Human beings. We act like we got time. We don't got time. Got time for that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

And this got the nerve to be late.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't like.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We got time.

[Tracy Morgan]

You right on time. Listen, man, I think you right on time.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm the one that made the call to get Tracy up here.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look, he couldn't wait to say that. He couldn't wait to say that I'm the one that's with.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm the one that's next to Corsair. He can't wait to say that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He couldn't wait to say that I'm

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

the one that's next.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Well, on a side note, while you was late. While you was late with my daughter. Yeah, but you wasn't. But you wasn't courtside. But look, you wasn't courtside.

[Jennifer]

Before.

[Tracy Morgan]

My daughter wanted to shout out, shout

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

out to the New York Knicks.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Well, you wasn't here. Tracy was coming about, sitting in the pool.

[Tracy Morgan]

Oh, yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Shitting in the pool.

[Tracy Morgan]

I was wild back in the days I was younger. I had the fresh white on blue on white. They broke in my lockers, stole my sneakers, my Pumas. I went home. I was heated. I went home, had a nice meal. Came back the next day like I was avenging my brother's death. Swearing right to the deep part and shit it right there. Oh, it was corn and collard greens all in the water. Corn and collard. They had to shut the pool down cause of bacteria.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, shit. Man.

[Tracy Morgan]

I was, wow. I was wow. My neighbors, though.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You was?

[Tracy Morgan]

Yes. What? That's when Pumas was 45. Got it from Tom, Dick and Harry's on Broadway on Graham. Oh, no joke, man. I grew up. K son knew me. He lived in my building.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

K son, Tracy missing.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I was like, oh, that's why I love him. Like, when he's in vip. Like, say, you know, I don't know if you know about the VIP at the Knicks, because that's what we do, VIP a lot. Not out to disrespect, but a lot of people don't do vip. Like, the last game we went to, Tracy was back there. Dana White, Cardi b her new.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I did see you at the game courtside, Tracy. I ain't see you, though. Yeah, but I saw Tracy at the courtside.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

All right, whatever. Gail King, people that flew to space was back there. You can never get back there.

[Tracy Morgan]

Okay, I saw you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I was back there. You know, we eat the nice meals. This is what yayo do. So what I'm saying is, how did you turn into courtside? Tracy for the New York Knicks. That's what I wanted to get there.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, when I got on Saturday Night Live, When I got on Saturday Night Live, me and Horatio Sands, the first game we went there, I spilled beer all over the parquet. They had to stop the game. They had to stop the game and wipe it up. And then I started making the guys laugh there and they made me royalty there. Now I've been going there for years, and me and Dolan is like this. When I see Dolan, we on shake hands, we hug.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You think Dolan never gonna let Oakley back in. Never.

[Tracy Morgan]

Nah. I don't know if that relationship is not toxic.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah. Cause he's the man with the.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't know. I don't know. But it would blow the roof off, though, if Oakley walked in the fans. What about us?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We would love to see Oakley back in the Garden.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I don't think the boss man gonna do it.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't know. I won't get involved in that. I won't get involved in that. I feel bad that their relationship worked

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

the way it went. Tracy, you the man.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, I ain't the man. Spike is the man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You. Well, you turn.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm like, jim, they've been saying Spike

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

is bad luck, man. They be trying to say, Spike bad luck, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But Spike was there when they won that. People just make up stuff, bro.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. Spike is always there. Spike is always there.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Spike's been there for the number one Knicks fan, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. For the fourth.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I get after Spike. He been there when they was. Ain't shit. And he's still there.

[Tracy Morgan]

No, no, no, no. There was a time that he backed off, but Dolan told Mayhem. Dolan told me him that if we win, we win the chip. Me and Spike is going to be on the float. And they want us. They want to fly me out to away games, but I'm too busy.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, I'm too busy.

[Tracy Morgan]

I gotta work. I'm on tour. I gotta work.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Talk about the new TV show that's coming.

[Tracy Morgan]

Well, I got one on MBZ. They just announced it like three days, two days ago.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I've seen it on YouTube.

[Tracy Morgan]

Okay.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's what I'm talking about. New TV show, new money.

[Tracy Morgan]

So it's a good man. Cedric the Entertainer has one on cbs. So I have never been done before. Two major networks, two TV shows at the same time. And I feel good. And then there's stand up. But let me tell you something, Merc always know where the stakes lie.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What do you mean by that?

[Tracy Morgan]

The stakes? Where's the money? Where's the money. Know where the stakes at. Stakes ain't in. Stand up for me. I'm doing tv. The stakes lie. Know where the paper at. Know what's. Know what means something to you. The stakes. No way. It lie. It don't lie. And stand up for me. It don't lie. It lie on two TV shows right now. Because that's who paying me. So know where your stakes lie. Definitely listen to what I'm saying. Cause a lot of people don't hear you. They just listen to respond. They want to make you wrong and them right. They want to make. I'm going to make you wrong and I'm going to be right. So I don't hear you. I'm just listening to respond. So everything you say, I'm gonna say back. Something back. Something slicker back. I had writers like that. I had to let them go. Cause you don't hear me. How you gonna hear my voice? I pay you. You don't pay me. I pay you, you don't pay me. You better hear me. Do you hear me? How could you know where I'm at if you ain't been where I'm from? You know where I'm coming from.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You hear that, Burk?

[Tracy Morgan]

How did you know where I'm at if you ain't been where I've been? Know where I'm coming from?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know who made that? Who said that? Where I got that? Cypress Hill.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, Shout out to Cyprus.

[Tracy Morgan]

You told somebody something today that really struck me. You said you overthinking it. And it's true. You overthinking it. We keep this as simple as possible. When you start letting people in your life, you're going complicated. Keep it simple. Stop overthinking it. Stay out of your own head. It's not that management. Not that it's bad, it's just, you

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

know, I was late, I was in the wrong. But I think we was just overthinking it. Like, let's.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yo, yo. The mine is a dangerous place to be without a flashlight and a gun, buddy. See out of there, man. Some things you gotta leave in God's hands. That's what my lady told me. Leave it in God's hands. It's gonna be what it's gonna be. If this is my day, it's my day for sure. Just cause you lay down and go to sleep don't mean you got to wake up. Lay me down. Vashu wake. Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause you had to learn how to talk, eat everything again.

[Tracy Morgan]

So I got closer to God Than everybody in this room. You know what he told me?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What? He told me?

[Tracy Morgan]

None of your business. None of your business.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That was a good one. That was a go.

[Tracy Morgan]

I tell you something, I thought I

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

was going to jail.

[Tracy Morgan]

When God tell you something, don't you go back and tell nobody. Because he heard a conversation, you ain't here. Yeah, that's between him and you. Between you and your God. Ain't nobody business, not even your mom or your father, between you. He heard the conversation, you ain't here. So don't be telling nobody what God told you. A lot of people, like my man said, can't hold water. They can't hold water. A lot of people, a lot of snitching. That's the thing now. It's the culture. Snitching.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Self snitching. Yeah, that's like the new snitching.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm not doing that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Kill a and go rap about it. I killed.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm not going to jail over no money. I ain't going to jail over no woman. I'm going to deal with my kids.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

See, that's the gym right there. See, that's a gym, right?

[Tracy Morgan]

And when I come in, I'm coming in. Cross that line if you want to. Those my babies, man. I'm laying my life down for them. I told you, I came out that coma. I had to fight. I want to see my daughter. She was only 11 months old. And you know what? Last year, last June, People magazine called me for a quote, right? And in that quote, I forgave the driver. Live your life, man. It was an accident. So I asked my, my. My doctor, I said, doctor, I know that industry, trucking, and it's based on greed. If they don't get the goods there in time, they don't get paid. Was that greed? He said, no, Tracy. There's just poor judgment. We all guilty of it. Ain't nobody here perfect. There's only one perfect person in the world that's a perfect asshole. Perfect asshole. You the perfect asshole. They saying Putt. They saying Diddy was the perfect asshole.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Nah, this is a no Diddy.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

This is no Diddy.

[Tracy Morgan]

They said Puffy might be washing drawers and clipping toenails soon.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You seen R. Kelly singing for the inmates Wives like, yo, they just had

[Tracy Morgan]

that online, so they say, you made

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

it sing for my girl. I believe I could fly. You go up top, you dealing with the real gangster. I tell the youngins all the time, you could have the guns with the switches modify, shoot a Million niggas when you go up top. Ain't no switch modified.

[Tracy Morgan]

I've seen that interview when you talk about.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, that shit. So a lot of niggas don't know a body, a usual body. Could cost you like 50,000 to start, you know? So a lot of niggas get in trouble and don't have the money.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's why I'm off the streets.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause I grew up.

[Tracy Morgan]

I grew up. I'm a grown man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Tracy Merck. This is what it come down to. When you get into a certain amount of money, you can't be having mad girls at the crib.

[Tracy Morgan]

No.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You can't be having wild parties because the lawsuits are gonna come.

[Tracy Morgan]

No one. That's who I trust.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, lawsuits are gonna come.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's who I trust.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wifey.

[Tracy Morgan]

You see my Boriqua?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

There you go. There you go.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't play no games, Mommy. No, you're thinking, come on, man. Come on, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's what I'm saying.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm chilling.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You can't have your wild parties when your money's up like that. Cause not saying a woman.

[Tracy Morgan]

Some people don't grow up.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Anybody could say anything.

[Tracy Morgan]

Some people don't grow up. You know, people like that. You know people like that, they be in a 60. Still acting like you 17. You know how many years you just wasted if you 30. Still acting like you 15. You just wasted 15 years. Yeah, I'm not doing that. I'm trying to go forward. Ain't nothing back there. You know what's in the past? A forest full of horrors. I look in the past, man. That's where I got hit by drugs. You know, I don't play the streets no more because that's where all my trauma happened. My friends went to jail for life. My friends got murdered. That's where all my trauma happened.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Street anxiety.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, I'm not with that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Still have it.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm learning.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yep, street anxiety.

[Tracy Morgan]

But everybody want to keep their edge. They think it's about the edge. No, that's just your personality from birth to 10 is all personality development. That's who you gonna be the rest of your life.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yup.

[Tracy Morgan]

The rest of your life.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

And these YN n out here, they can't even really shoot. Shot a lady in Harlem by accident.

[Tracy Morgan]

Young lady.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So shot in the head. It's like these niggas can't even shoot. They got switches. And it's like, you look at the government like, what the fuck is going on? Cause now you can shoot more niggas. With that switch on the back of that shit. So now nigga catching two, three bodies.

[Tracy Morgan]

But where'd they get the switch? Who created the switch?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Niggas getting on Internet, niggas. It's just.

[Tracy Morgan]

Oh, my God.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's gotta be the government or somebody. You know what I'm saying?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's just getting in the hood so easy.

[Tracy Morgan]

Let me tell you why music is not the way it used to be in the 70s and 80s. Cause they replaced soul with technology. People don't go to clubs and dance no more. Back in the days, you go to Brett Parrott, Bentley's, you was there you go swear her perm out, y' all gonna rock all night. It wasn't. No, it wasn't none of that. It was just letting the music take you where it want to take you. You let the music take you where I want to take you. Why? You know why. We don't got no more block parties. What happened to all of that? Ain't no more clubs in New York since 9 11. They shut all of that down, Tracy.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

The scammers are not renting buses. The drug dealers was doing that. The scammers ain't doing that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, it's a little different.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Scammers are like the new drug dealers. We could say now, right? Them niggas ain't. You ain't seen not one scammer say, yo, let's get 10 buses and go to.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know where Diddy made his money. Familiality. Cause a lot of his songs was based on old songs. So he had the older crowd and the young crowd. If you're a comedian, you ain't got no white people in your audience. You ain't getting no money since when? We had money. Since when? Sad and alive at 30 Rock. No, my crowd is 90% white. And I'm still being me, still talking about nigga shit. And they love it.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

They want to know how we survived the jungle. How was it? I'm telling you, everybody's interested in.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I wanted to ask you about 30 Rock. Like, tell us.

[Tracy Morgan]

Oh, that was incredible. I had something. We have the record for Emmy nominations. 29.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow.

[Tracy Morgan]

Tina Fey is my sister. I was just with. At the. You saw us at the game.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Tina Fey at the game.

[Tracy Morgan]

She's my sister, Tina Fay. And now we got another TV show. The same writers. Robert Carlock. The same writers writing my show. So I'm probably gonna get an Emmy behind this.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that. Look at that dope.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's dope. But we had to shoot It My co star is Randall Daniel Radcliffe. Harry Potter is my co star. You know what it is to be number one on the call sheet. Big. I got two TV shows on two major networks. Never been done before. So I'm in red air. And I will not take that for granted. I will work very hard. I will set the tone on my set. This is not a team. Cause teams lose. We gotta be a family.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Y' all hear that?

[Tracy Morgan]

The Knicks got to be family. Family. Family. Eat together, we sleep together, we fight, we argue, we laugh. That's family. You can't pick and choose your family. You can pick and choose your team, but family is family. And that's how we gotta do it with the Knicks.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, unfortunately, this guy overheads like that. Like, unfortunately, it's this guy's family, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

In the last life, the way your energy is guaranteed in the last life, y' all was probably brothers. He probably smacked the out of somebody in the basket because they said something to you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That is my brother. Like, when we on the road, it's

[Tracy Morgan]

me, him, and like, the boss. To me, you my brother. To me, you are my brother. Because I don't believe in friends. Friends turn to enemies over bullshit.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's right.

[Tracy Morgan]

You turn you my enemy over a girl. You my enemy over money. After all that we've been through? Well, fuck you, nigga. You wasn't my friend anyway. If you around me, you my family. I don't believe in friends. I don't believe in that. They turn the enemies over nothing. You all through history, you see somebody stabbing somebody in the back. Look what Judas did. So I don't believe in friends. If you not murder. It's my nigga. You crazy. Yay. Yo, he know what time it is.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

My nigga right here, period. Can I ask you a question?

[Tracy Morgan]

That nigga asked me one time to do this show. I said, where? When? We here now. We here now. I meant murder. What did I say on the phone? I said, I'm gonna meet murder.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

Facts.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Facts.

[Tracy Morgan]

And he was all that. I thought he was gonna be cool.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Go with the Brooklyn war stories. Murder,

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Vietnam, you might believe me. It's like the eastern York is, like,

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

worse than Brownsville.

[Tracy Morgan]

It was worse than Brownsville.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

East New York, the murder capital.

[Tracy Morgan]

What? East New York. I was scared of East New. I'm not going across Mother Gaston.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Damn. I didn't know East New York was worse than Brownsville.

[Tracy Morgan]

East New York was worse than Brownsville. You know the White Castle right there. Pennsylvania.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Of course.

[Tracy Morgan]

I lived in that building in Fairfax.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's the whole store. They had all the holes over there on Pennsylvania.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. My aunt was getting high. I gave her four drums to play house with my little girlfriend back in the day. 17 years old, play house with my little girlfriend, did four jumps and I was in the crib. I was in her crib. Their facts. My life is crazy, man. My life is crazy. I lived in Con. I bor. No, I asked my moms, I said, mom, when I was born, did we go straight to Best Style Cuz how my father met in Tompkins and she know, she said no, I took you straight to Coney Island. So me and Marbury, cuz I lived in Marboro, where WCF is from.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So you was in Coney Island, I in Mar.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cross street from Lafayette.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. And then we moved over here when I was nine, we moved to Tom. We moved back to Tompkins when I was nine. Cause when my father slept, she wanted to be next to her moms. And both of my grandpa, my grandparents, both sets lived one floor apart. And my man Al lived On the church one grandparents set of grandparents lived on the 12th. My best friend Al got murdered, lived on 13. And then my mother and them lived on 14th. So I was raised around a lot of love family, you know what I'm saying? So. And my father was Richard Pryor, funny. He did comedy in Vietnam. So I'm just mimicking my dad.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh shit, look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

I'm just mimicking. My dad was a musician. Never seen him have a job. He was always the leader of the band and he was funny. So my friends knew what I knew about girls. But when I was around under my father and his friends, hearing them, joking, all that, that's where I get it from. My dad died in 87 of AIDS. I dropped out of high school to take care of him. It's all in my documentary on Vice tv.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We gotta check that out. Shout out to Vice tv. Yeah, gotta check out that documentary.

[Tracy Morgan]

I remember when I first saw it, I started crying cause it was so accurate. It was my life. Like when I got on SNL and I thought I was being culturally isolated. Cause it's like the whitest thing on TV. And then one morning, about 3:00 clock in the morning, I had a talk with Lorne Michaels. And Lorne Michaels said, tracy, I didn't pick you cause you black, pick you cause you funny. And when he said that to me, I let go and let God.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

And that's when I'm in the Tina Fey and Tina Fey is the one. Judge Judy and all that. She blew me up. And I just started going. And then I dirty. At first I had the Tracy Morgan show in la. That's when I lived in LA with Marcy Kersey. Same ones that did the Cosby Show. I had a show on Tracy Morgan show on NBC. Then I got canceled out the year Tina Fey came in, asked me, you wanna do 30 Rock with me? And I said, hell yeah. And that's yo. Ever since then, the last OG I produced, I write. Before I got hit by the truck, I was writing a show. And then after I came out, the coma and all that, when y' all was home watching the Emmys, I was at the Four Seasons on Delhi with Jordan Peele, picturing him my idea. And then that's when he came up with the last OG I did 15 years and Tiffany Astro is my baby mother. It was dope. You was going to be on there eventually and you was going to be on an eventually. My last season, I had DMX on

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

my show, Rest in Peace.

[Tracy Morgan]

And the next day, the day before he was supposed to appear, he died. Damn. I had to replace him with Wood. See Life.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Damn.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

DMX was my guy. I met her. I used to see him up in Harlem. My guy.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Rest in peace to the dog.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, he was. He was massive. I think he might have been maybe the closest thing to Tupac. Cause he was radical. Definitely the radical. Yeah, he radical. Yeah, yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Did at me, dog. All that crazy shit. He was radical.

[Tracy Morgan]

Everything, it was radical. His shows and with my comedy, I try to be radical. I'm in front of all these white people, I'm doing me. I got to do me. I don't know how to do nobody else. I could do me. Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause a lot of Martin.

[Tracy Morgan]

Martin Lawrence didn't put me on Martin the Martin Show. He didn't put me. I did. Cause if I wasn't funny, Martin wouldn't have fucked with me.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Got you right.

[Tracy Morgan]

He only fucked with the best.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

So when I had the Tracy Morgan show, that two little kids, the little kid was upstaging me on the show. I didn't mind cause it benefitting us. So the head of NBC called me in one day and he was. Thought he was being smart. He didn't know how smart I was. He said, so I hear the little kid is upstaging you on your show. I said, well, if he ain't, I don't want him on my show. I only fuck with her if he. If a little Kid can't upstage me. I don't want him on my fucking show. I only fuck with the best little kids and animals post upstage you. Cause they so cute.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's crazy.

[Tracy Morgan]

They so cute.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's a fact.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause it's like the comedy world changed. It's like a lot of motherfuckers ain't funny.

[Tracy Morgan]

Nah, Instagram. I'm not doing no comedy to my phone. I need a live audience. Comedy is the only thing you cannot cheat. If Eddie Murphy was to come back, he would have to start at the clubs just to get his act together. And for him to get from the door to the stage would be hell. He's too old for that. He's a grandfather. He don't wanna deal with us. So why mess with a legacy that's already tight? He's Eddie. It's hard. You know how hard it is to get people to the movie theater doing stand up? He did that. He got the record. Kevin Udo got the record. He got the record.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What's your favorite Eddie Murphy movie?

[Tracy Morgan]

All of them. I'm not leaving nothing now. Eddie's a genius.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm just saying they gotta be a favorite.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cause I'm a go with Trading Places or.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know what? You know what? You're right. There's me.

[Tracy Morgan]

No. You wanna know the favorite one? I love the one I was in. Coming to America.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I was just about to say that when you went.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know why I love that record? That movie, Coming to America, too. Cause it showed female empowerment. I empower my woman, man. I support her. Go for it.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Shout out to Michelle in the building.

[Tracy Morgan]

Go for it.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Stop.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Melissa, Melissa, Melissa.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Go for it.

[Tracy Morgan]

Go for it. I got your back.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Sorry, sorry.

[Tracy Morgan]

Go for it. We need to empower that. You got a woman. Empower her. Stand by her. Be by her.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Now we can't even say there is one. Cause Beverly Hills Cop coming to America.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, he has. He has.

[Tracy Morgan]

The one I was in was coming to America, too.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, yeah. Coming to America, too.

[Tracy Morgan]

And I mean, the best part, I like. And I told Eddie this recently, the best part of that Movie is when JJ. Father. What's his name? JJ's father. He was in it. He was McDowell.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Okay.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. When he was talking to Eddie. He was talking to Eddie and he said, what do you think your mother would say if she was here? And that made me cry. What do you think? Cause she died years ago. What do you think? Your mother, I always thought she was the smartest. What his last name was and what do you think your mother would say, I go, wow, that's heavy. There's always your wisdom, man. Got to rely on knowledge. Wisdom, bring forth understanding. And understanding is the highest level of love in the Lord's kingdom. And the great thing about understanding, you don't understand. It means the absence of confusion. You know what the absence of confusion is? You know the absence of confusion, Peace of mind. We all know why we here. They ain't confusing about why spirit is on the stage. We ain't confused about that. We know what we gotta do. We gotta kick it.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's right.

[Tracy Morgan]

And sometime we gotta listen. There's a reason why God gave us two eyes, two ears, and two nose and one mouth. He gave you a mouth to shut the fuck up and listen.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Fucking tell him all that time.

[Tracy Morgan]

You're always trying to over talk people.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You always trying to over talk niggas. I just be like, yo, lay ye, shut up and listen for a minute, please.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Start the interview. Tell them all the time. You know what I'm saying?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know, I heard you mention Martin was your og, right?

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

How you feel about Cat Williams coming at Martin and all that?

[Tracy Morgan]

Like that Cat Williams coming at Mar.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Talking about.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Okay, all right.

[Tracy Morgan]

Martin's already said his legacy. Martin loves cat.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

All right. Got you. Martin loves Cat. I love you. That's what you got to do. Love your enemies, too. Show some mercy.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You did say that earlier. You definitely said that.

[Tracy Morgan]

Just like you. Murder. I'm just like you. I'm just like you, Yale. And the minute you know that and make you a better human being, it'll put mercy in your heart. Just because you got your enemy down don't mean you got to kill him. Help them up. You already defeated them. My father used to always tell me, you don't look down on nobody unless you're gonna help them up.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's right. Say that in the Bible.

[Tracy Morgan]

So the minute we consider human beings, man, right? I try to live by, so I listen, man, I don't face death. I got closer to God than all y'. All. I mean, 10 days in a coma, you think about count. 10 days I was out. I was out. So I'm just fortunate to be here. I don't believe in luck. If you want luck, go to Atlantic City, go to Vegas. I'm fortunate. I'm blessed.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's what I tell this over here. Every morning when I said, go to Vegas, you want.

[Tracy Morgan]

Every morning when I open my shades, even on the cloudy day like today, I say, the sun might not be out. But it's up. The rest is up to me.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Bless. I woke up.

[Tracy Morgan]

Your decisions, man, your choices. Y' all made some great choices. Think about it. Yay. Yo, where you at in life, man? You made some great choices. YouTube, Merc facts. Great choices. Think about it. Me, look where you at. We in here. Everybody in this room being productive. Time is the most powerful thing in the universe, right? Time when they want to punish you, what they give you. Time when they want to reward you, what they give you. Time you could live 30 years with cancer. Time. You got time. I don't got time for that time. So I think when we expire and we go to his kingdom, he gonna ask us, what the fuck did you do with the time I gave you on Earth? Did you help or did you hurt?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow.

[Tracy Morgan]

Did you think about anybody else or did you think about yourself? Damn. Nah, you gotta do something with your time. Stay productive.

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[Tracy Morgan]

Yes, sir.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know you are Courtside Tracy at Madison Square Garden and you and the VIP with James Dolan. You know, this guy owns the Knicks, he owns the Rangers. He has God in the dreams.

[Tracy Morgan]

So why you don't talk to him? Why you don't say hello? Thank you for letting me be here.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

When the big money's there, sometimes I'll talk to him.

[Tracy Morgan]

Nah, nah, man.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You gonna talk to him.

[Tracy Morgan]

You can't buy your friendship with him, huh? You can't buy your friendship. No money. You just say hi.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Next time I see him, I'm gonna say hi.

[Tracy Morgan]

How you doing, Mr. Dolan?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So what I wanted to ask you is when you got sick, unfortunately, you threw up.

[Tracy Morgan]

He allowed me to come back. Now, if I was sitting there drinking beer, it would have been a different story. I got food poisoning. That could have happened to anybody in that arena. And he understood and he put out a post. When I was in the hospital. I was in the hospital three days after that. I threw up 103 times that night. It got worse when I got to the hospital and I went to Hackensack, I threw up 100ft three times, and only blood was coming out.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

God damn.

[Tracy Morgan]

And then it was.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I heard it was hot dogs. Was it true you ate some bad hot dogs?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We don't want to say about the Garden.

[Tracy Morgan]

No, no, no way. No way. It had nothing to do with the Garden. I was sick three, four days before that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Copy.

[Tracy Morgan]

I didn't feel well, and he Put out a post saying that they couldn't wait for me to come back. And that night, that next night when I got there, Josh Hart called me in the hospital. Cause I did their podcast. I did their podcast. Him and Jayla.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Shout out to Josh Hart.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah. Shout out to him.

[Tracy Morgan]

Josh. Yeah, man. Great people, man. And I'm just like, y' all great people.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Thank you, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

They don't know that. The world don't know that they seeing us. They feeling appreciate you for.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

For the time, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

Feeling energy. So you get rid of your fear of what the people want to hear, what they don't want to hear, because you don't know. You put talent in front of them. What y' all doing now? Y' all putting talent in front of them. That's all they want. Definitely. Talent. Put it in front of them. That's how you make this show successful the way you want it. You gotta get the talent and put it in front of them. Cause they're gonna see a part of them. They don't see. They seeing a part of Tracy Morgan. They don't see. They see the funny dude. They don't see this, Definitely. I just thank the Lord that y' all allowed me to come on this show, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We appreciate you. We appreciate having you, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

Right on, man. It's fun. And I got to get to talk a little bit and my perspective on things in life and all those things. I'm here with my lady. That's awesome to me.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Thank you, Melissa. Thank you, Melissa.

[Tracy Morgan]

It's all right with me. She's a good person.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely, man. That's what it's about, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. And that's what you want. Because we ain't getting younger. We getting older. I don't have time for games like that. I found my funny out there. Y' all get y' alls out there. Y' all stuff is out there when people hear it. Definitely.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo, where you get.

[Tracy Morgan]

I've seen a video I.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

With that wrist. But what the is going on over there, man?

[Tracy Morgan]

47th Street.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Jesus.

[Tracy Morgan]

Right down the block. 47th street

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

after. It's hot.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He just said, my man Rob Diggs. Free Rod Diggs.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know what's the craziest Rod Diggs story? We was out the country.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I think we was in Denmark when that happened. Denmark.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

White boy came through and in front

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

of our hotel, blasting the music.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

And I'm like, murder, that's you. And he's like, yeah. Then I'm like, who's that? And he's like, yo, that's Rod Diggs, definitely. You know what I'm saying? It was me and Rod Diggs.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

So he was playing nice, man. Rod Diggs was nice. He used to be talking, that man. Free Rod Diggs. He was nice.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know the Brooklyn, they go. The Brooklyn and the Bronx, they kind of all the young. They go to jail before they blow. When you really look at the format, all the hottest.

[Tracy Morgan]

Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn. Most of my. I mean, I've been to the island twice, man. Brooklyn, that was like a rite of passage to go to. You know what I'm saying? Big H. And all of us, you was doing what you saw other dudes your age doing. You was doing just what you saw. We was kids.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You ain't lying about that.

[Tracy Morgan]

Kids in the 80s. Then I ran away from home at 13 years old and slept on an A train for two nights by myself.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

A train like that.

[Tracy Morgan]

I was smart enough to know when I was that little, to sit next to an older black woman and act like she my mommy. And I knew when to ride the front of the car to stay safe.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah. Cause back in the day.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cause when you're young like that, you don't recognize danger.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You really gotta think smart to pay attention like that.

[Tracy Morgan]

Like I'm saying, young kids don't recognize danger.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

She looked like my mom's, her aunt, a grandmother.

[Tracy Morgan]

And I knew when to ride the front. Then the last night, I got out in East New York and slept in the alley next to a green. Then I went to my dad. And when I remember like it was yesterday when he opened the door, I ain't see anger. I saw hurt. Did this to my kids. I was getting two, three beatings a day, man. I couldn't take no more. Cuz. If you the first person in my life punking me, what you think the world gonna do to me? And I got tired of being scared. It take balls to go for your dreams. We got balls, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I like that, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

It take balls to go for your dreams. Cause you know what? Stop us one little thing. The word if. What if it don't work? But motherfucker do something else.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

If trying to tell niggas that every day.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know what my plan B was? There was none. I got to get mine. I'm from Bed style, do or die. I got to get mine.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Brooklyn, baby. He don't like all this Brooklyn talk Till he trust me.

[Tracy Morgan]

I got to make it Brooklyn.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's Brooklyn episode today, right?

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm glad you know. And for the record, this was born in Brooklyn. Tracy you know that.

[Tracy Morgan]

He was born in Brooklyn. He was born in Brooklyn. That's right. That's right.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Murder, why you going around? Don't do that no more.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo, that's my cousin. While you was late, you didn't know, but you was late and you know we found out. Speaking about Nas. Shout out to my Nas. Speaking about Nas. We found out While you was late. Let me just remind people again. Nas and Tracy Morgan is cousin.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Oh, yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know what I'm saying?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't call him now. I call him Esco.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

And we love each other, man. I love Nah Nas. So we. I spoke to him about two hours ago. I was on the phone with him. You buy a jet or a boat, you're gonna have two good, two happy days. The day you buy it and the day you sell it. All they do is drink money. Drink money.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yo, that's the same shit 50 be saying.

[Tracy Morgan]

Drink money.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I could buy jets. Fuck that shit.

[Tracy Morgan]

You ain't lying. Bring money. 50 produces. Yeah, 50 is into production. He produces TV shows. He makes TV shows.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Well, if he don't put me in a movie, I'm with you.

[Tracy Morgan]

I ain't got time, yo.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But if you listen to TV out

[Tracy Morgan]

you, me, you can't be Yoyo in the movie because I'mma play you against character.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

All right? Bet. I'm ready.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Step out your comfort zone.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, you have to. You have to. That's a natural. That's a. That's your. When you process. Look at LL.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah, 50 put me in the movie with Bruce Willis, right? And I was playing like a.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

He was a bank teller.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

No, bank teller. He tried to make fun about that. Like, 50 put me in the movie with Bruce Willis, and he had me playing the army truck guard, you know, protecting the money. I protecting the money. So stepping out of my comfort zone. Did some bum ass movie swat, too, right? Some bum swat, too. And this just being himself. No regular street. That's not how you do it. You got to step out your comfort zone, Tracy.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know what I'm saying? Like seconds like this, Tracy, this what I'm trying to tell. If you get shot in the movie or TV in two seconds, you not really act.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's about five minutes. I had about a good five minutes. I had five minutes.

[Tracy Morgan]

Stand up.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I should do. Stand up. I'm ready, man.

[Tracy Morgan]

You should try it.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm gonna try it.

[Tracy Morgan]

Try everything once.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I just want murder in the crowd.

[Tracy Morgan]

If you don't, like,

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Imagine murders in the crowd. And I'm just gonna be roasting.

[Tracy Morgan]

You don't know how to do it. You can't do that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Let me tell you how to do.

[Tracy Morgan]

You ever got booed?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Never.

[Tracy Morgan]

No. They would turn against you.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

So what you're gonna do is get them on your side. I will teach you. I will go out with you. Ask me that.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Trace, did you ever get booed and had to bounce back?

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah. Okay.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't remember. I got a million standing ovations in front of 10,000, 5,000 people. I don't even remember the booze.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Look at that.

[Tracy Morgan]

I don't even remember the bombs, man. Cause that's when I learned I gotta go back to listen. The winning team don't celebrate. The winning team is in the locker room cursing God out. The winners are celebrating. The losers gotta go back to the drawing board and see what. Oh, we ain't play defense. We gotta do it over. Nah. It's when I learned. When I bomb in the beginning. That'll never happen now, but in the beginning. Yeah, I bombed. It didn't happen often, but I bombed. Gotcha. Cause that's what I learned. I'm gonna write these. I'm gonna write right now. But it's here, all right? Now. But it's here. Comedy ain't like hip hop where you could be Jay Z. I ain't never Right. I get the. You wrote. Stop this. You wrote. Biggie wrote. Y' all wrote. Y' all ain't that much of a genius.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Bricklet. See the Brooklyn.

[Tracy Morgan]

See, you right. You write. I write. I write my jokes. There's no way in the world I could do two hours and not remember. My shit's right on the teleprompter.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Real shit.

[Tracy Morgan]

I know my. Listen, comedy is basic premise. Set up, punchline. That's all you got to remember. And that's what I would teach him. You're not going to get up there and just snap on everything. That ain't comedy. Premise. Come up with a premise. Just like you write Hip hop, he gonna come up with your premise. What you gonna rhyme about? Then you got your premise set up. How you gonna set them up? You gonna set them up. How you gonna set them up? You gonna lord them in and then you lower the boom. That's the punchline.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

See? He gonna do it.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I would definitely go to your comedy show.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

This gonna be my coach right here.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I would go to your comedy show.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What you wanna talk about?

[Tracy Morgan]

You wanna talk about sex? That's what I. You wanna talk about relationships? That's what I do. Cause you know why? Cause we all do the same shit. Me and you just talked about that I'm just like you. When I take a shit, I lean on my left to wipe my ass just like you. When I look at the toe before I flush, I look at the toilet

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

paper just like you, cuz you like.

[Tracy Morgan]

That's your measurement. You.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You know when to fold.

[Tracy Morgan]

You got to fold again sometime. You miss, get a little doodle right here. You smell it?

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You smell.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I can't.

[Tracy Morgan]

You smell it. That's how you look at it. Before you slush, you look at it. And the minute you know that, it'll make you a better human being.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

N you right? So you drop so many gems, man. I want to drop definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

No, no. Whenever we kick it, whenever we around each other, let's be kick. We always go, people gonna be seeing Tracy and Murder, Tracy and Yayo talking. And in their minds, gonna be millions of people around it. And they mind they going, I wonder what they talking about. I wonder what the they, yo. And then you go, yeah, we talk about getting money. That's all we talk about. You can make anything up after that because they don't know. They don't. Why? None of their business. We kicking it, right? Would you eavesdropping on us, money? Why you standing there? I tell you, man, I was, wow. When I was young, man, I was just like them carrying burners and all that. Come on, man. I was, wow. I'm glad I grew out of that, because I probably would have lost my life.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Hell yeah. Or be in jail for the rest of it.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, we know that. We know that. I told you, I don't mess with the streets. That's all my. Where all my trauma happened.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I'm done. I'm done. Too much technology.

[Tracy Morgan]

Tupac got shot going in the quad. Going in to make music weird. Think about it. Tupac got shot in quad. You got to be careful, man. I don't go to clubs no more. I ain't been to comedy club in four or five years. I got writers, like my man said, I don't write rhymes. I write checks. I got writers. And, you know, I surround myself with people who do this as a necessity. They need to do this. You ain't got to write rhymes no more. Surround yourself with some cats that do this as a force of necessity. He gotta do this to pay his rent, so I'm gonna get the best out of. I surround myself being I'm Tracy Morgan with people who need to do this. As a necessity. I ain't got time for it. I don't. I don't. I gotta take care of my family and all that. I got real life outside show business is this much of my life. The rest is my wife, my fucking kids. All that are real life. I held on that. Cause when you don't deal with reality no more, when you locked in a character, he's not murder all day. He's not yayo all day. He don't got the energy for that. Imagine if Buster was busta all day.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But he might be buster all day. Cause Buster be seen. Yeah, he might be busting.

[Tracy Morgan]

Sometimes we all. Where does Superman live? Where does Superman live? In the Fortress of what? Solitude. Sometime we all need a place to just go there. Think. I need some place to go. Think.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Man.

[Tracy Morgan]

I can't. I don't got the energy for that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

What Superman. Richard Pryor was in.

[Tracy Morgan]

I know. You know, huh? I forgot four.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Superman. I think it was three. I think it was three.

[Tracy Morgan]

I remember, but that was when Richard. That was when Richard was going down.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You think

[Tracy Morgan]

Eddie was just talking about this? So Eddie.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

These. Don't watch the classics. I watch.

[Tracy Morgan]

We.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I watch the classics.

[Tracy Morgan]

We was watching Richie when he was filming Stir Crazy. He was going in on Gene Wilder calling him all kind of and all this crazy shit. He was high as a kite. And then Eddie said, see that Richard? Funny as a motherfucker. Then he set himself on fire. And we never saw that Richard again. Never saw that Richard again. Started doing things like the toy. Shit like that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

The toy. I like that toy. I like the toy.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah, but that wasn't Richard. It wasn't Richard.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That's a Christmas.

[Tracy Morgan]

You got to see blue collar. You got to see the Richard and the Richard. So you didn't like.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

You didn't like Richard in Superman 3?

[Tracy Morgan]

I love Richard. Richard is my king.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

But toy is why I say.

[Tracy Morgan]

But those are the movies at the end. His demise at the end. You got to see the Richard before that. I watched the Richard before that.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

That. Oh, yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know, Car Wash was the first og. You remember the dudes? Put the. Put the gun down, Abdul. Remember that guy Abdullah? That was an og. That's the definition of an OG when you stir the youth in the right direction.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

He said, put the gun down, Abdul. Nah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Cause you know why Superman 3, you know, I was a big fan. Everybody was a big fan of every Superman.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

As a kid. So when he dropped Superman 3 when he was in it.

[Tracy Morgan]

But he did that for the money because he Was broke. Did it for the money. Whenever you do anything for the money, you don't do this for the money. You love the hip hop. You love this.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Definitely.

[Tracy Morgan]

You can't.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It'll kill you. Yeah.

[Tracy Morgan]

If you do it for the money, man. I ain't doing. I don't do comedy for the money, man. It's work at the post office, man. I do this because I love to do it. I ain't got to do this no more. I gotta buy Walmart truck. I ain't gotta do this no more.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Walmart money.

[Tracy Morgan]

Walmart money. I do it. Cause I love it.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Real shit.

[Tracy Morgan]

Cause I do it. Cause I love it. And if I ain't have comedy, I probably die.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Wow.

[Tracy Morgan]

If you ain't have hip hop, if you ain't have hip hop, you ain't have. You probably die.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

It's real shit, though. I know what you die.

[Tracy Morgan]

Yeah.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Real shit.

[Tracy Morgan]

Think about it. Think about your life. Take stock. Think about your life. I love doing this. I get off from watching him laugh and him laugh and you laugh and you laugh. And all y', all, we had this. This. I had this whole room laughing.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Yeah. Was turned up when you was late.

[Tracy Morgan]

Y.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

When you wasn't here.

[Tracy Morgan]

We was. We was.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Start the show.

[Tracy Morgan]

I want to wait for my brother

[Host/Interviewer]

to get here, man.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

We should have started the show.

[Tracy Morgan]

The audience is going to laugh. They're going to get a kick out of this.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I would have started the show.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I know you would have started without me. I know. I know how you would have did.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

I would have started the show.

[Yayo (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Glad you see that. Tr. He would have started without me.

[Tracy Morgan]

You know. You know for me. You know who I'm. I'mma say when we. When this is over, I'll tell you. I got to talk to y'. All. I got to tell y' all something. Something. When this is over, I got to get ready to go home and watch the game.

[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

Make some noise for Tracy. Thank you for your time.

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[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

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[Tracy Morgan]

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[Murder (likely a rapper or close friend)]

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[Tracy Morgan]

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